pretense synonyms

show claim appearance lie fraud trick mask cloak seeming gloss sham pretext semblance airs falsehood ruse subterfuge mannerism falseness wile affectedness

act assumption excuse profession imitation arrogance simulation formality complacency misrepresentation evasion shuffling stiffness deceit fabrication falsification trickery affectation cringing smugness egotism ostentation insincerity prevarication falsifying equivocation dissimulation servility sycophancy coyness misstatement dissembling priggishness brazenness double-dealing prudishness dandyism obsequiousness truckling timeserving